Garment control belt



April 12, 1938.

l. BJORNSON GARMENT CONTROL BEL T Filed sept. 50, 1955' J/wf/v 70H.5.5m@ MRD JoR/vso/v.

T. TURA/EY Patented Apr. 12', 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 13Claims,

` This invention relates to aV garment control belt to be used ingarments of various types, but

more particularly in garments such asrobes, f coats, overcoats, jacketsand the like. My gar`-,

ment control belt functions in such a Way Aas to constrict, gather andform, and creates a local- Y ized fullness while at the same time, iteliminates wrinkles and folds and creates tautness'in other portions ofthe garment. i

fd? A Anobject of my invention is toprovidea garing the garment morecomfortable. Y Y 1 f Another feature of vmy garment control belt is toconstrict the garment wherefdesired with-V out having the cord or strappass across the' back of the garment.

Another object is to localize the fullness of the garments at, oradjacent, the sides thereof, the`- fullness expanding obliquelydownwardly giving 36, more room at the sides of the garment andpermitting greater freedom for thelegs in walking-- The fullness expandssimilarly upwardly provid-vv ing more room and a greater comfort for,theshoulderandarm movements. An advantage of my invention is to provideagarment control belt of the character stated' in -which the puckers orfullnesses may be held in the garment even though the cords are nottiedA at the front. The gathers or puckersfat thesides 40 of the garmentmake it less cumbersome and enhances its appearance when worn loosely oropen at'the front.

An added feature is to provide al garment con-v trol belt which can beadjustably constrictedfat the waist line causing fullness over the hips,the constriction and fullness causing the garment to be supported at theWaist of the wearer and creates a bloused fullness in the upper part'.of

the garment, thus distributing the 'weight of4 theT garment to theshoulders and waist of' the.

wearer. v

Other objects, advantages and features` of inver'itonv may appear fromthe accompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description and theappended claims.

ment control `belt'which localizes the folds andV gathersY wheredesired, while the rest ofthe -gar-lv ment is held taut and free ofwrinkles, thus mak' (clef-9er A,

-1 In the drawing:

VFigure lis arear view of a garment with my control `belt Vmountedthereon. `Figure- 2 is a perspective View of the control belt inextended position, f vFigure 3is a Vperspective view of a control beltin contracted position. A vlligure 4 is a `fragmentary plan view of aslightly modified form of control belt.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of another' type of beltconstruction; i

'Referringmore particularly to the drawing, my garment control beltcomprises in general a belteither secured to the garment, or constructed within the garment, or otherwise attached torsaidfgarment, andthemeans of control reside in opposedcompensating and interlocking smi 1ro:

"bands which cause a pucker in parts ofthe garment While at the sametime holding. the garment tautin other parts. This is accomplished 20Dautomatically whenv the cords arev pulled out Vat the front of thegarment.' When the cords are released and the garment is pulledoutwardly at the front edges, the gathers or puckers are removed; Y Mygarment control belt I is preferably located a`t Vabout the waist orbelt line Vof the garment The belt may consist of a strip of material 3which is stitched vor otherwise attached to the garment V2.` A pair oflooped cords 4-5 3b, emerge from the strip 3 through holes 6-1respectively. Instead cnf-stitching a strip 3 to the garment, it may bedesirable to form a pleat' or transverse pocket in the garment bysuitably stitching the same, or in case the garment is of g5;

two thicknesses, the cords 4-5 would protrude from holes'provided in thegarment itself.

A band 8 is positioned within lthe pleat or pocket formedv by the strip3. The outer ends of this band are attached to the garment adjacent 40e:the sides thereof as shownrat 8', or to the strip 3 substantially asshown. A pair ofloops 9-I0 are formed in the band 8. These loops arespaced apart and are joined by a strip Il.

When'thev strip 3 is pulled straight, that is, when the garment isnot.formed with puckers, theloops 9 10 aresubstantally super-imposedVand the connecting-strip Il folds over substan-A tially as shown,at'Figure 2. The cords 4-5 are attached to thelloops Il),v 9respectively, and 5gg,

when the cords-,are pulled outwardly, a pull is exerted 'on the garmentadjacent the sides thereof ats', the pull `being exerted on the sideopposite to where the .cordemergesfrom the gare ment, that`is,.,thei`.cord 4 'exertsa .pull on Y, the 55:

garment adjacent to where the cord emerges.

For proper operation, it is desirable that the band 8 shall only bepulled to an extent Where the connecting strip II (Fig. 3) is ilat andwith no appreciable strain on the strip 3. I therefore provide stripsconsisting of loops I2-I3 through which the cords 4-5 respectivelyextend. As previously stated, the cords 4-5 are looped within the strip3 and consequently the closed end of the loop will engage I2 and I3,because of tacking I2', I3 which tacks the band 3 to loops I2 and I3,thus acting as a stop. When the cords 4 5 are pulled outwardly aspreviously stated, the garment will be puckered on each side between thestop loops I2, I3 and the outer ends of the strip 3. These puckers areshown at I4.

The puckers or gatherings will be fairly tight and close together alongthe strip 3, but they will nare outwardly both towards the top and thebottom of the garment. The puckers I4 occur at, or adjacent, to thesides of the garment, thus causing the garment to fit around the waistof the wearer holdingthe garment taut across the back and still allowingample freedom at the bottom of the garment vfor walking purposes and atthe topl of the garment for the shoulders and arms of the wearer.

A band 8 is longer than the belt 3, Vand as is` evident from theforegoing description, doubles back upon itself at the-back of thegarment in three super-imposed layers, or substantially a flattened Sshape. When the cords 4-'5 are pulled outwardly'the rontedges of thegarment are pulled towards the rear due to the fact that the band 8 isattached adjacent to the front edge of the garment at 8.v The puckers I4are thus being formed between the stop loops I2-I3 and point ofattachment ofthe ends of the band 8.

Inv the modified for'm shown in Figure 4, two

looped cords I5 are mounted in the garment or in, a pleat or belt I6 aspreviously described.. 'I'he cords 'are attached to the garment by meansof a strap Il which is stitched to the belt I1 or to the garment. Thestrap I'I is tacked vto the garment at the center as shown at I8, thusthe looped end of the cord cannot be pulled out of the garment.

The cord emerges from the garment through holes I 9 in the belt. Thegarment is puckered between I9 and I'I by a slidable clasp 2B which ismoved along the cord and will vthus hold the pucker in the garmentsimilar in nature to the pleats or puckers previously described andshown in Figure 1. By releasing'the clasp 20, the garment can besmoothed out.

In Figure 5 the cord 2l emerges from the garment in a plurality of loops22. The cord 2I may be arranged in the same manner as the cords 4, 5. Ahook 23 is provided at the outer endV of the cord 2| and this hook canbe inserted inV one of the loops 22 in the opposite side of the garmentfrom which it emerges, if desired, thus avoiding the necessity ofknotting or otherwise tying the cord.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A garment control comprising cords, the outer ends of said cordsemerging from the garment adjacent the edge of the garment, flexiblemeans slackly connecting the inner ends of the cords, the interior endsof said cords being at'- tached adjacent the edges of the garment, stopmeans for the inner ends of the cords, said stop means engaging thecords prior to the limit of cords outward movement, said cords, whenpulled outwardly, forming puckers adjacent the sides of the garmentsubstantially as described.

2. A garment control belt comprising a pair of cords, means mounting thecords in the garment, the outer ends of said cords emerging from thegarment on opposite edges of the garment, a slack, flexible band, saidcords being attached to the band, the interior ends of said cords beingattached to the garment, said band when slack is taken out by the directpull of said cords being adapted and arranged to stop the outwardmovement of the cords, stop loops on the belt, each of said cordsslidably engaging a stop loop as the cords are pulled outwardly from thegarment.

3. A garment control belt comprising a pair of cords, means mounting thecords in the garment, the outer ends of said cords emerging from thegarment, a slack and flexible band, said cords being .attached to theband, the interior ends of said cords being attached to the garmentadjacent the outer edges of the garment, said band when slack is takenout by the pull of said cords being adapted and arranged to stop theoutward pull of the cords, and opposing stops for the inner` ends of thecords, said stops being attached tov the garment at points spaced fromthe outer edges of the garment, thus .creating a pucker adjacent theside of said garment.

4. A garment control belt comprising a pair of cords, said cordsemerging from the garment adjacent the front edges of said garment,interconnecting means between the interior ends of said cords within thegarment, the interior ends" of the cords being attached to the garmentadjacent the edges of the garment, said cords when' pulledoutwardlyproducing puckers in the garment, and stop means on the belt,saidstop means being spaced from the edges of the garment, and engagedby the cords. f

5. A garment control belt comprising a pair of cords, said cordsemerging from the garment adjacent the front edges of said garment, Vaslack and exible inter-connecting means between the ends' of said cordswithin the garment, the inner ends of the cords being attached to thegarment adjacent the edges of the garment, said cords, when pulledoutwardly, producing puckers in the garment, and stop means on the belt,said stop means being spaced from the edges of the garment, and engagedby the cords.

6. A garment control belt comprising a strip of material, a pair ofcords slidably mounted in the strip, means secured to the ends of thestrip and to both of the cords, said means being adapted and arranged toexert a pull on the .strip when said cords are pulled outwardly, andstop means on theY belt, said stop means being spaced from the ends ofthe belt, and engaged by the cords.

7. A garment control belt comprising a strip of material, a pair ofcords slidably mounted on the strip of material, slack and flexibleband, said band being secured at both its ends to the ends of saidstrip, means securing said cords to the band, said band being a slackbetween the points of attachment of the cords, said band exerting a pullon the strip when said cords are pulled outwardly, and stop means on thebelt, said stop means being spaced from the ends of the belt, andengaged by the cords.

8. A garment belt including a'body adapted to be associated with'agarment, a pull cord connected with each end portion of the body andextending longitudinally of the body to protrude from its opposite endfor manual operation, and

means connecting the interior ends of the pull cords whereby a pullapplied to` the cords pro# duces fullness only in the end portions ofthe body, and stop means engageable by the cords, said stop means being.spaced from the ends of the body.

9. A garment belt including a belt body adapted to be associated with agarment, a flexible element connected with one end portion of the bodyand extending longitudinally of the body to be engageable at its otherend, a second exible element connected with the body adjacent its saidother end and extendingl longitudinally of the body to be engageable atits first mentioned end, the application of pulling forces to theelements producing fullness in the opposite end portions of the body,and means for limiting such pulling of the elements to prevent theformation of fullness in the intermediate portion of the body, saidmeans including stop parts on the body spaced from the ends of the body,and stop parts on the elements cooperable with `the first named stop toprevent further movement of the elements relative to the body.

10. A garment belt including an elongate belt body adapted to beassociated with a garment, a flexible element connected with one endportion of the body and extending longitudinally of the body to beengageable at its other end, a second flexible element connected withthe body adjacent its said other end and extending longitudinally of thebody to be engageable at its first mentioned end, the application ofpulling forces to the elements producing fullness in the opposite endportions of the body, and means for limiting such pulling of theelements to prevent the formation of fullness in the intermediateportion of the body, said means including a flexible strap `connectingthe elements and operable to limit pullingvof the elements and to assumetension, and stop means engageable by the flexible elements, said stopmeans being spaced from the ends of the body. v

11. A garment belt of the character described including an elongate beltbody, pull cord ele-A ments shiftably entering the edge portions of thebody, members connecting the elements with the edge portions of the bodymost remote from their points of entrance to the body whereby pulling ofthe yelements draws in the edge portions of the body to form fullnesstherein, and loop parts on the body shiftably receiving the lpull cordelements and engageable by the inner ends of the pull cord elements tolimit such drawing in of the edge portions of the body.

l2. A garment belt including a belt body to be associated with agarment, the body having spaced rows of longitudinally spaced openings,a

.cord whose side parts are shiftably trained Ythru said rows ofopenings, means connecting the cord with the body at a point spacedlongitudinally from said openings whereby pulling of the cord drawsfullness in a portion o-f the body, and

Vand stop means limiting movement of the cords to restrict the formationof fullness to said Zones.

INGVARD BJ ORNSON.

